This repository creates the redis-tools rpm, uploading it to our S3 RPM feed.

Redis Open Source - Install using RPM Package Manager

1. Create the file /etc/yum.repos.d/redis.repo with the following contents.

• For Rocky Linux 9 / AlmaLinux 9 / etc...

[Redis]
name=Redis
baseurl=http://packages.redis.io/rpm/rockylinux9
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

• For Rocky Linux 8 / AlmaLinux 8 / etc...

[Redis]
name=Redis
baseurl=http://packages.redis.io/rpm/rockylinux8
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1

2. Run the following commands:

curl -fsSL https://packages.redis.io/gpg > /tmp/redis.key
sudo rpm --import /tmp/redis.key
sudo yum install redis

Starting Redis

To start the redis-server:

redis-server /etc/redis/redis.conf &

Note that redis-server output is redirected to /var/log/redis/redis-server.log.

Tip

Redis will not start automatically, nor will it start at boot time. To do this, run the following commands.

sudo systemctl enable redis
sudo systemctl start redis

This will start redis-server with /etc/redis/redis.conf.

Supported Operating Systems

Redis officially tests the latest version of this distribution against the following OSes:

• CentOS 9
• Rocky Linux 8.10
• Rocky Linux 9.5
• AlmaLinux 8.10
• AlmaLinux 9.5